The people who own and operate the shop may be nice. Their puppies are cute but here's the cold facts I learned with a little bit of internet sleuthing.
The hybrid pups they currently have from Bloomington CA are from two "breeders" that also sell on-line and in local websites. They also have listings in Arizona so I'm not really sure where the puppies are raised. They have many, different hybrid toys. Most definitely are a puppy mill because they won't allow buyers to see the breeding dogs or the puppies with their mothers. A big warning sign that these dogs are raised in unpleasant conditions or perhaps out of state. I know these are the same puppies as Pets of Wishire are selling because they have the same photos (ie back ground ) of them on their for sale adds as Pets of Wilshire. But get this they are selling cookapoos for $250-$510
and the same dogs are listed (again same photos) for $1,400. at Pets of Wilshire. Now lets talk about the French Bull Dog pups one of which (the fawn) looks very sick at Wilshire Pets. I managed to track down that "breeder" too and found photos on her web site for English and French Bull dogs that again were the same photos with the same flowered background as the ones on Pets of Wilshire's site. Now she has a ton of puppies for sale but no mention of their parents or photos of their parents. That is probably because she is getting crates of puppies shipped from a foreign country. According to the ASPCA web site. She's probably buying her pups for around $600 each (bull dogs must be born cesarean) on her web site the pups from Pets on Wilshire's litters were listed for $1,200-1,400. Pets on Wishire has priced them at $3,000 each. These two Frenchies are truely a sad little pair. I work near this pet store. I'm a documentary film maker. On my lunch hour I often visit these little guys thats why I wanted to learn more about their stories. They are so cute so friendly and their story is indeed a very sad one. Do not buy animals from this pet store or any for that matter. It encourages a despicable industry.
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